- Nigeria at the Commonwealth Games
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Nigeria
at the Commonwealth Games:
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CGF Code = NGRCommonwealth Games history British Empire Games 1950 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1954 • 1958 • 1966 British Commonwealth Games 1970 • 1974 Commonwealth Games 1982 • 1994 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014 Nigeria has competed at eleven Commonwealth Games, from 1950. Nigeria did not attend four Games, in 1962, 1978 (in protest at New Zealand's policies), 1986 and 1998.
Nigeria has won at least one medal at every Games attended, including a high of thirty-seven in 1994. The first medal in 1950 was won by Joshua Majekodunmi in the High Jump.
Medals
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total 1950 Auckland 0 1 0 1 1954 Vancouver 1 3 3 7 1958 Cardiff 0 1 1 2 1962 Perth did not attend 1966 Kingston 3 4 3 10 1970 Edinburgh 2 0 0 2 1974 Christchurch 3 3 4 10 1978 Edmonton did not attend 1982 Brisbane 5 0 8 13 1986 Edinburgh did not attend 1990 Auckland 5 13 7 25 1994 Victoria 11 13 13 37 1998 Kuala Lumpur did not attend 2002 Manchester 5 3 11 19 2006 Melbourne 4 6 7 17 Total 39 47 57 143 References
Nigeria at the Commonwealth Games Nigeria did not compete in Games before 1950, in 1962, in 1978, in 1986, or in 1998Associations at the Commonwealth Games Current Anguilla · Antigua and Barbuda · Australia · Bahamas · Bangladesh · Barbados · Belize · Bermuda · Botswana · British Virgin Islands · Brunei Darussalam · Cameroon · Canada · Cayman Islands · Cook Islands · Cyprus · Dominica · England · Falkland Islands · Fiji · Gambia, The · Ghana · Gibraltar · Grenada · Guernsey · Guyana · India · Isle of Man · Jamaica · Jersey · Kenya · Kiribati · Lesotho · Malawi · Malaysia · Maldives · Malta · Mauritius · Montserrat · Mozambique · Namibia · Nauru · New Zealand · Nigeria · Niue · Norfolk Island · Northern Ireland · Pakistan · Papua New Guinea · Rwanda · Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Samoa · Scotland · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Singapore · Solomon Islands · South Africa · Sri Lanka · Swaziland · Tanzania · Tonga · Trinidad and Tobago · Turks and Caicos · Tuvalu · Uganda · Vanuatu · Wales · Zambia
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